Dying occupations in Podkarpackie

region

Unique character and colorfulness- handcraft from podkarpackie

owes it entwining from centuries borderline culture. Many trade

ways located here brought inspirations from east and south and sent our native craftsman into world for new experience

and improvement of their skills.

What we call nowadays handcraft years ago was called

craft. Today we talk about art handcraft, applied art, and since

few years even etno design.

PODKARPACKIE

Using traditional technologies, they create as well decorations

as items for daily use.

Thanks to the richness of cultures today Podkarpackie can vaunt the only one Folk University of Art Handcraft located in Wola Sękowa and teaching in many handcraft’s domains.

Clay pottery

Clay pottery contains every item made of clay, burned and

then in properly high temperature- formerly in outside fireplaces,

burned with wood, nowadays in electric furnaces.

In the second half of the 19 century, Medynia Głogowska was a dynamic pottery centre –one of the largest in

Poland. At the time, around 120 pottery workshops operated there. Today activities for turists are held

in the Potters’ Cottage.

Wickerwork

Located in niżański county Rudnik is called also Polish

Capital of Wickerwork. Works arising here created a path of

wicker sculptures, quite untypical and interesting idea

to highlight the handcraft tradition of the city.

Few examples:

Wicker Dragon

We are facing quite often traditional handcraft art connected to innovative

usage. Wicker is very handful. It is growing near roads located next to channels carrying water from the

fields.

Weaving

There are theories that plaiting gave birth to the

weaving. To create fabric primary

commodities people used- wool, linen and hemp.

Flax linen was very precious item, beyond

usable values it was also paying source.

Similarly like in other crafts, wickery was seasonal job, related mostly to

the women. Carpets, fabrics composed important element of

bride’s dower.

Depending on loom- whether it was mechanical or manual- jersey were

made for clothes, sacks, towels, blankets and rugs.

Already in XVII century on Łańcut’s and Leżajsk’s ground weaving was

efficiently developing craft, which Rakszawa was especially boasting.

Important place on the craft’s map is also Krosno. Some

history researcher claim that the city’s name- which used to be famous for baize and linen trade – comes from loom (in Polish loom is called “krosno

tkackie”).

This craft its biggest bloom experienced in XVIII century when in Krosno and its area dozen thousands of families

were hired in weaving- in nearby Korczyna loom was almost in

every home. Today the memento of this tradition are rocks above

the town called “Prządki”.

Artistic weaving

In the old days women used to meet at looms. The weaving

technique consisted in interwining the warp with the

weft in accordance with a fixed order, using plaits.

TISSUE-PAPERWORK

Flowers made from blotting paper appear in almost every

celebration and feast, whether it is bridal bouquet, harvest

festival’s wreath or Easter palm. These are decorations for chapels or saint paintings.

Among patterns dominate poppies, centauries, roses,

spikes, herbage leaf. Women handling

tissue-paperwork are called flower girls.

This area- very popular in Bieszczady region from before the War, when tissue-paperwork were used to

decorate tserkov, roadside chapels and households- now is living it’s renascence which we can know

basing on the plentiful organised tissue-paperwork workshops, where not only single flowers and bouquets

are arising but also whole compositions for interior decorations.

Painting on glass

Similarly to cutouts, painting on glass is growing more popular each day. Looking like stained glass colorful

glasses are decorating windows , becoming lamp’s elements, and even original

certificates.

In podkarpackie region the biggest traditions have no

doubts Krosno, which has glass signed to itself since 20. of XX

century and from which is coming wide cluster of glass

artists. Nowadays worth seeing are few galleries and workshops,

offering usage and art glass.

PlatingOwning to such diversity of

materials, plating has withstood competition from

factory products and we may admire straw jugs, bulrush

hats of Christmas ornaments made of straw.

In the Podkarpackie

Region are many heritage parks of local culture. Here

are a few of them…

Museum of Folk Construction in Sanok

The largest Heritage Park is located on Biała Góra in Sanok. The

Ethnographic Park in Sanok bellong to the most beautiful of open-air

museums in Europe. 38 hectares of land are devoted to displaying the culture of Polish-Ukrainian border. Most dwellings and farm buildings,

as well as religious are fully equipped and accessible for visitors.

Museum of Folk Culture in Kolbuszowa

The windmill complex, water mill, school and tavern buildings are practiculary constructions. The whole is complemented by the

landscape. The Heritage Park is set in a diversified area covered with

forests and woods, making it possible to envisage the landscape

of villages in times long gone.

Heritage Park in Markowa

The Heritage Park in Markowa near Łańcut was founded on

the invitative of its inhabitants. The Park enables

you to see 19 century farm buildings. There is also an

ancient farmstead exemplary for the unique wooden

framework architecture.

Franciszek Kotula Ethnographic Museum in

Rzeszów

The museum holds a large collection of toys

manufactured after World War II, a large collection of

sculptures and pottery ware, a full set of blacksmith’s

tools, and farming equipment used in 12 and 20 century.

Folk musicial instruments are also exhibited.

Harvest Festival

Ceremony is chaired by the Mayor and His Wife. First, they are paid harvest wreaths made

of ears of grain, fruit, vegetables, wild flowers. Then

the Mayor and His Wife handing a loaf of bread made

with flour from the latest harvest the Host Harvest

Festival.

The host of the most common is the priest, and for secular

harvest festival representative of the local government or local

authorities. Then the applications are symbolic gifts from the most recent harvest,

meat, fruit . In cases where the ceremony has religious

character, celebrated the liturgical rite.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Source of informations: Regional Inspirations written by The Marshal’s Office of the Podkarpackie Voivodship

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